Significance

Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in building the depot fan and access track.

Physical description

Set of 10 Agfa blue and white plastic mounts - 27mm square slides or 35mm slides of BTPS workers, c1973/1974 preparing rail joints or welding them.



.1 - welding access track

.2 - setting up to weld track

.3 - welding access track

.4 - installing fish plates prior to the extension of 2 road across the level crossing - Noel Gipps

.5 - Cutting Rail - Noel Gipps and Barry McCandlish

.6 - Cutting Rail - Noel Gipps, Barry McCandlish and Bill Kingsley

.7 - welding track across the curve in Wendouree Parade

.8 - ditto with Richard Gilbert and Noel Forster

.9 - welding track across the curve

.10 - ditto

Inscriptions & markings

Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.